AlanB
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Hello all,
I am playing tenor and I have two little questions and I wonder what you think. I have, a couple of months ago, started to really learn my scales and develop a scales learning routine.
1 - I have decided to concentrate on the scales of C#\Db round the circle to C. This is because most of the songs the guitarist and the rest of a band seem to be in keys A,B,C,D,E & F, rarely in the #s or bs. Thus if I want to jam or improvise these seem to be the keys most useful. Is this a bad idea and am I hamstringing myself for later on?
2 - I have chosen to learn the Major, Dominant 7, Minor 7, and Blues scales. Also I practice one key root and learn all of these scales for that root before moving on - rather than thinking in terms of modes (i.e. I have learned C, therefore I know G7 and Dmin7). I think this will develop my ear better, am I right?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Alan
I am playing tenor and I have two little questions and I wonder what you think. I have, a couple of months ago, started to really learn my scales and develop a scales learning routine.
1 - I have decided to concentrate on the scales of C#\Db round the circle to C. This is because most of the songs the guitarist and the rest of a band seem to be in keys A,B,C,D,E & F, rarely in the #s or bs. Thus if I want to jam or improvise these seem to be the keys most useful. Is this a bad idea and am I hamstringing myself for later on?
2 - I have chosen to learn the Major, Dominant 7, Minor 7, and Blues scales. Also I practice one key root and learn all of these scales for that root before moving on - rather than thinking in terms of modes (i.e. I have learned C, therefore I know G7 and Dmin7). I think this will develop my ear better, am I right?
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Alan